My Planet Report by Zachary
Planet:Jupiter
Introduction
Did you know that
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Also Jupiter has 79 moons -
Earth only has one! In this report I looked at facts on Jupiter, this
includes similarities and differences to Earth, what it looks like and how it
got its name.
My name is Zachary and this is my report on Jupiter.
Appearance
The planet Jupiter is
a gas giant. It is made out of helium and hydrogen, the other gas giants are
Satun, Uranus and Neptune. Guess what! The planet Jupiter has red, blue, brown
and white coloured bands from its gas. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun.
The radius of Jupiter is 69.911 kilometers; this is the distance from the
middle of Jupiter to it’s outside.
Exploration and
Discovery
Jupiter was named
after the Roman god of thunder. Space probes have visited Jupiter; the first
space probe was Pioneer 10 in 1973. `Because Jupiter is so bright it has been
seen for years and was not discovered by anyone, However it was first seen by
telescope in 1610 by Galileo.
Similarities and
differences to Earth
Jupiter is 11 times
bigger than Earth. Which means if Earth was a ping pong ball Jupiter would be
like a beach ball. Jupiter isn’t solid because of its gas and Earth is
solid. Did you know Jupiter has rings and Earth doesn't. These rings are made
of ice, rock and dust. Like Earth Jupiter has storms but they are much stronger
than Earths. Because the winds blow at 360 km/h,like a Formula 1 car going
around a race track. In pictures there is a big blue spot on Jupiter, this is
the magnetic fields they are 11 x stronger than Earths.
Conclusion; I felt excited to
learn about Jupiter. Because I found interesting facts on the gas
giant Jupiter. So I have completed my report and I hope you learned
something new. Here are some pictures for you to look at.
Outstanding, Zachary!!
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